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Guarneri C, Reschini M, Pinna M, Perego L, Sanzani E, Somigliana E, Sorrentino U, Cassina M, Zuccarello D, Ciaffaglione M. The impact of a second embryo biopsy for preimplantation genetic testing for monogenic diseases (PGT-M) with inconclusive results on pregnancy potential: results from a matched case-control study. J Assist Reprod Genet 2024:10.1007/s10815-024-03078-w. [PMID: 38557804 DOI: 10.1007/s10815-024-03078-w] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/16/2023] [Accepted: 02/27/2024] [Indexed: 04/04/2024] Open
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PURPOSE To evaluate whether a second biopsy, following a first diagnostic failure on blastocysts tested for preimplantation genetic testing for monogenic diseases (PGT-M), allows to obtain genetic diagnosis and to what extent this procedure can influence clinical pregnancy and live birth rates compared to the PGT-M process with a successful genetic diagnosis from the first biopsy. METHODS Embryos from women who underwent PGT-M in an infertility centre and who had been transferred after two biopsies for genetic analysis (n = 27) were matched in a 1:1 ratio accordingly to women's age (± 1 year) and fertility status (fertile vs infertile), as well as with the study period, with embryos who were transferred after receiving a conclusive PGT result straight after the first biopsy (n = 27). The main evaluated outcome was clinical pregnancy rate following embryo transfers in which healthy embryos were transferred after only one biopsy and those in which an embryo was transferred after being re-biopsied. Live birth rate was the secondary outcome. RESULTS Clinical pregnancy rate was 52% (95% CI: 34-69) following the transfer of a single-biopsy blastocyst and 30% (95% CI: 16-48) following the transfer of a re-biopsied blastocyst. The likelihood to have a healthy baby was 33% (95% CI: 19-52) following the transfer of a blastocyst biopsied once and 22% (95% CI: 11-41) following the transfer of a re-biopsied blastocyst. CONCLUSIONS The re-biopsy intervention seems to considerably reduce the pregnancy potential of a blastocyst. However, a greater sample size is necessary to clarify this issue definitively.
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- Cristina Guarneri
- Infertility Unit, Fondazione IRCCS Ca' Granda Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico, Via Manfredo Fanti 6, 20122, Milano, Italy.
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- Infertility Unit, Fondazione IRCCS Ca' Granda Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico, Via Manfredo Fanti 6, 20122, Milano, Italy
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- Infertility Unit, Fondazione IRCCS Ca' Granda Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico, Via Manfredo Fanti 6, 20122, Milano, Italy
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- Infertility Unit, Fondazione IRCCS Ca' Granda Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico, Via Manfredo Fanti 6, 20122, Milano, Italy
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- Infertility Unit, Fondazione IRCCS Ca' Granda Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico, Via Manfredo Fanti 6, 20122, Milano, Italy
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- Infertility Unit, Fondazione IRCCS Ca' Granda Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico, Via Manfredo Fanti 6, 20122, Milano, Italy
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- Department of Lab Medicine, Unit of Clinical Genetics and Epidemiology, University Hospital of Padova, Via Giustiniani 2, 35128, Padova, Italy
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- Department of Lab Medicine, Unit of Clinical Genetics and Epidemiology, University Hospital of Padova, Via Giustiniani 2, 35128, Padova, Italy
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- Department of Lab Medicine, Unit of Clinical Genetics and Epidemiology, University Hospital of Padova, Via Giustiniani 2, 35128, Padova, Italy
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- Infertility Unit, Fondazione IRCCS Ca' Granda Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico, Via Manfredo Fanti 6, 20122, Milano, Italy
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Folli F, Okada T, Perego C, Gunton J, Liew CW, Akiyama M, D'Amico A, La Rosa S, Placidi C, Lupi R, Marchetti P, Sesti G, Hellerstein M, Perego L, Kulkarni RN. Altered insulin receptor signalling and β-cell cycle dynamics in type 2 diabetes mellitus. PLoS One 2011; 6:e28050. [PMID: 22140505 PMCID: PMC3227614 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0028050] [Citation(s) in RCA: 72] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/27/2010] [Accepted: 10/31/2011] [Indexed: 12/31/2022] Open
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Insulin resistance, reduced β-cell mass, and hyperglucagonemia are consistent features in type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM). We used pancreas and islets from humans with T2DM to examine the regulation of insulin signaling and cell-cycle control of islet cells. We observed reduced β-cell mass and increased α-cell mass in the Type 2 diabetic pancreas. Confocal microscopy, real-time PCR and western blotting analyses revealed increased expression of PCNA and down-regulation of p27-Kip1 and altered expression of insulin receptors, insulin receptor substrate-2 and phosphorylated BAD. To investigate the mechanisms underlying these findings, we examined a mouse model of insulin resistance in β-cells – which also exhibits reduced β-cell mass, the β-cell-specific insulin receptor knockout (βIRKO). Freshly isolated islets and β-cell lines derived from βIRKO mice exhibited poor cell-cycle progression, nuclear restriction of FoxO1 and reduced expression of cell-cycle proteins favoring growth arrest. Re-expression of insulin receptors in βIRKO β-cells reversed the defects and promoted cell cycle progression and proliferation implying a role for insulin-signaling in β-cell growth. These data provide evidence that human β- and α-cells can enter the cell-cycle, but proliferation of β-cells in T2DM fails due to G1-to-S phase arrest secondary to defective insulin signaling. Activation of insulin signaling, FoxO1 and proteins in β-cell-cycle progression are attractive therapeutic targets to enhance β-cell regeneration in the treatment of T2DM.
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- Franco Folli
- Division of Diabetes, Department of Medicine, University of Texas Health Science Center, San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
- * E-mail: (RNK); (FF)
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- Research Division, Joslin Diabetes Center and Department of Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
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- Department of Molecular Science Applied to Biosystems, Università degli Studi di Milano, Milan, Italy
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- Garvan Institute of Medical Research, Sydney, Australia
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- Research Division, Joslin Diabetes Center and Department of Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
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- Research Division, Joslin Diabetes Center and Department of Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
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- Department of Molecular Science Applied to Biosystems, Università degli Studi di Milano, Milan, Italy
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- Department of Pathology, Ospedale di Circolo and Department of Human Morphology, University of Insubria, Varese, Italy
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- Department of Pathology, Ospedale di Circolo and Department of Human Morphology, University of Insubria, Varese, Italy
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- Division of Endocrinology, University of Pisa, Pisa, Italy
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- Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, University Magna Graecia of Catanzaro, Catanzaro, Italy
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- Department of Nutritional Sciences and Toxicology, University of California, Berkeley, California, United States of America
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- Department of Molecular Science Applied to Biosystems, Università degli Studi di Milano, Milan, Italy
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- Research Division, Joslin Diabetes Center and Department of Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
- * E-mail: (RNK); (FF)
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Di Cairano ES, Davalli AM, Perego L, Sala S, Sacchi VF, La Rosa S, Finzi G, Placidi C, Capella C, Conti P, Centonze VE, Casiraghi F, Bertuzzi F, Folli F, Perego C. The glial glutamate transporter 1 (GLT1) is expressed by pancreatic beta-cells and prevents glutamate-induced beta-cell death. J Biol Chem 2011; 286:14007-18. [PMID: 21335552 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m110.183517] [Citation(s) in RCA: 42] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/28/2022] Open
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Glutamate is the major excitatory neurotransmitter of the central nervous system (CNS) and may induce cytotoxicity through persistent activation of glutamate receptors and oxidative stress. Its extracellular concentration is maintained at physiological concentrations by high affinity glutamate transporters of the solute carrier 1 family (SLC1). Glutamate is also present in islet of Langerhans where it is secreted by the α-cells and acts as a signaling molecule to modulate hormone secretion. Whether glutamate plays a role in islet cell viability is presently unknown. We demonstrate that chronic exposure to glutamate exerts a cytotoxic effect in clonal β-cell lines and human islet β-cells but not in α-cells. In human islets, glutamate-induced β-cell cytotoxicity was associated with increased oxidative stress and led to apoptosis and autophagy. We also provide evidence that the key regulator of extracellular islet glutamate concentration is the glial glutamate transporter 1 (GLT1). GLT1 localizes to the plasma membrane of β-cells, modulates hormone secretion, and prevents glutamate-induced cytotoxicity as shown by the fact that its down-regulation induced β-cell death, whereas GLT1 up-regulation promoted β-cell survival. In conclusion, the present study identifies GLT1 as a new player in glutamate homeostasis and signaling in the islet of Langerhans and demonstrates that β-cells critically depend on its activity to control extracellular glutamate levels and cellular integrity.
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- Eliana S Di Cairano
- Department of Molecular Science Applied to Biosystems, Università degli Studi di Milano, 20134 Milan, Italy
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Castoldi G, Antolini L, Bombardi C, Perego L, Mariani P, Viganò MR, Torti G, Casati M, Corti A, Zerbini G, Valsecchi MG, Stella A. Oxidative stress biomarkers and chromogranin A in uremic patients: effects of dialytic treatment. Clin Biochem 2010; 43:1387-92. [PMID: 20833163 DOI: 10.1016/j.clinbiochem.2010.08.028] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/20/2010] [Revised: 08/26/2010] [Accepted: 08/27/2010] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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OBJECTIVE To evaluate oxidative stress in uremia and dialysis and chromogranin A, a stress hormone that could be related to oxidative processes. METHODS Plasma oxidative stress biomarkers (-SH, 8-OHdG, and ox-LDL) and chromogranin A were measured in 89 outpatients (21 uremic patients, 17 in peritoneal dialysis, and 51 in haemodialysis), and in 18 subjects with normal renal function. RESULTS -SH groups were significantly reduced in heamodialysis, peritoneal, and uremic patients as compared with the control group (p=0.01), while 8-OHdG was increased (p<0.01). No differences were observed for ox-LDL. Chromogranin A was increased in uremic, peritoneal and haemodialysis patients (p<0.01), showing a positive correlation to 8-OHdG (p<0.01). CONCLUSION Oxidative stress biomarkers and chromogranin A levels differ between control subjects when compared to both uremic and dialysis patients. No differences were observed between uremic and dialysis patients, suggesting that uremia is the major source of the increase in oxidative stress and CgA levels in patients with end stage renal disease.
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- Giovanna Castoldi
- Clinica Nefrologica, Azienda Ospedaliera San Gerardo, Dipartimento di Medicina Clinica e Prevenzione, Università degli Studi di Milano-Bicocca, Monza, Italy.
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Versieren K, Heindryckx B, Qian C, Gerris J, De Sutter P, Exposito Navarro A, Ametzazurra A, Nagore D, Crisol L, Aspichueta F, Mendoza R, Matorras R, Garcia MM, Valley JK, Swinton PS, Boscardin WJ, Lue TF, P. Rinaudo, Wu MC, Bern O, Strassburger D, Komarovsky D, Kasterstein E, Komsky A, Maslansky B, Raziel A, Friedler S, Gidoni Y, Ron-El R, Tang J, Fang C, Zhang MF, Li T, Zhuang GL, Suh DS, Joo JK, Choi JR, Kim SC, JO MS, Kim KH, Lee KS, Katz-Jaffe MG, Stevens J, McCormick S, Smith R, Schoolcraft WB, Ben-Ami I, Komsky A, Strassburger D, Bern O, Komarovsky D, Kasterstein E, Maslansky B, Raziel A, Friedler S, Gidoni Y, Ron-El R, Koch J, Costello M, Kilani S, Namm A, Arend A, Aunapuu M, Joo JK, Lee KS, Choi YM, Cho JD, Sipe C, Pelts EJ, Matthews JM, Sanchez SR, Brohammer RLB, Wagner Y, Liebermann J, Uhler M, Beltsos A, Chen MJ, Guu HF, Chen YF, Yih YJ, Ho JYP, Lin TY, Ho ESC, Lopes FB, Figueira RCS, Braga DPAF, Ferreira RC, Aoki T, Iaconelli A, Borges E, Van de Velde H, Cauffman G, Verloes A, De Paepe C, Sterckx J, Van Ranst H, Devroey P, Tournaye H, Liebaers I, Santos MA, Teklenburg G, Macklon NS, Van Opstal D, Schuring-Blom GH, Krijtenburg PJ, de Vreeden-Elbertse J, Fauser BC, Baart EB, Cawood S, Doshi A, Gotts S, Serhal P, Milachich T, Petkova L, Barov D, Shterev A, Esteves TC, Balbach ST, Arauzo-Bravo MJ, Pfeiffer MJ, Boiani M, Le Gac S, van Rossem F, Esteves T, Bioani M, van den Berg A, Valeri C, Pappalardo S, De Felici M, Manna C, Ryu H, Park CY, Min SH, Choi SK, Park C, Lee SH, Kim KR, Jeong H, Chi HJ, Wittemer C, Celebi C, Viville S, Luceno Maestre F, Castilla Alcala JA, Gomez-Palomares JL, Cabello Y, Hernandez J, Marqueta J, Herrero J, Vidal E, Fernandez-Shaw S, Coroleu B, McRae C, Baskind E, Sharma V, Fisher J, Boldi Cotti P, Colasante C, Perego L, De Lauretis L, Montag M, Koster M, Nikolov A, van der Ven H, Lee SG, Lee YC, Kang SM, Kang YJ, Shin YK, Jung JH, Lim JH, Dorfmann A, Carroll K, Sisson M, Geltinger M, Yap S, Iwaszko M, Hara T, Naruse K, Matsuura K, Kodama T, Sato K, Tateaki Y, Tanaka J, Minasi MG, Scarselli F, Rubino P, Casciani V, Colasante A, Lobascio M, Alviggi E, Ferrero S, Litwicka K, Iammarrone E, Cucinelli F, Giannini PG, Tocci A, Nagy ZP, Greco E, Borini A, Tarozzi N, Fiorentin D, Bonu MA, Nadalini M, Johnson J, De Santis L, Bianchi V, Casciani V, Rubino P, Minasi MG, Colasante A, Scarselli F, Lobascio AM, Arizzi L, Iammarrone E, Litwicka K, Ferrero S, Tocci A, Piscitelli C, Cucinelli F, Nagy ZP, Greco E, Mesut N, Ciray HN, Mesut A, Aksoy T, Bahceci M, Lee YM, Chen HW, Wu P, Tzeng CR, Antonova I, Milachich T, Petkova L, Yunakova M, Chaveeva P, A. Shterev, Hlinka D, Dudas M, Rutarova J, Rezacova J, Lazarovska S, Aoi Y, Takahashi H, Saitou H, Takiue C, Kawakami N, Tone M, Hirata R, Terada S, Yoshioka N, Habara T, Hayashi N, Montagut J, Bonald F, Guillen N, Guitard V, Balu-Genvrin E, Crae E, Nogueira D, Silva J, Cunha M, Viana P, Teixeira da Silva JM, Oliveira C, Goncalves A, Barros N, Sousa M, Barros A, van de Werken C, Jahr H, Laven JSE, Baart EB, Gamiz Izquierdo P, De los Santos JM, Tejera A, Pellicer A, Romero JL, Galan A, Albert C, Santos MJDL, Adriaenssens T, Wathlet S, Segers I, Verheyen G, Van De Velde H, Coucke W, Devroey P, Smitz J, Paternot G, D'Hooghe TM, Debrock S, Spiessens C, Hwang HK, Kim HM, Lee JH, Jung YJ, Kang A, Kook MJ, Jung JY, An SJ, Kwon HC, Lee SJ, Somova O, Feskov A, Feskova I, Chumakova N, Zozulina O, Zhilkova YE, Binda M, Campo R, Van Kerkhoven G, Frederickx V, Serneels A, Roziers P, Vranken I, Lopes AS, Van Nuland A, Gordts S, Puttemans P, Valkenburg M, Gordts S, Rodriguez-Arnedo A, Ten J, Guerrero J, Lledo B, Carracedo MA, Ortiz JA, Llacer J, Bernabeu R, Usui K, Nakajo Y, Ota M, Hattori H, Kyoya T, Takisawa T, Kyono K, Ferrieres A, Poulain M, Loup V, Anahory T, Dechaud H, Hamamah S, Eckert J, Premkumar G, Lock F, Brooks S, Haque S, Cameron IT, Cheong Y, Fleming TP, Prados N, Ruiz M, Garcia-Ortega J, Vime P, Hernaez MJ, Crespo M, Fernandez-Sanchez M, Pellicer A, Hashimoto S, Kato N, Saeki K, Morimoto Y, Leung CON, Pang RTK, Liu WM, Lee KF, Yeung WSB, Wada T, Elliott T, Kahn J, Lowderman J, Wright G, Chang C, Bernal D, Kort H, Nagy Z, de los Santos JM, Escrich L, Grau N, Pellicer A, Romero JL, Escriba MJ, Escriba M, Grau N, Escrich L, de los Santos JM, Pellicer A, Romero JL, Tasker F, Hamoda H, Wilner H, Grace J, Khalaf Y, Miyaji S, Mizuno S, Horiuchi L, Haruki A, Fukuda A, Morimoto Y, Utsunomiya T, Kumasako Y, Ito H, Goto K, Koike M, Abe H, Sakamoto T, Kojima F, Koshika T, Muzii L, Magli MC, Gioia L, Scaravelli G, Ferraretti AP, Gianaroli L, Capoti A, Magli MC, Lappi M, Maggi E, Ferraretti AP, Gianaroli L, Scott L, Finn A, Kloos B, Davies D, Yamada M, Hamatani T, Akutsu H, Chikazawa N, Ogawa S, Okumura N, Mochimaru Y, Kuji N, Aoki D, Yoshimura Y, Umezawa A, Aprysko VP, Yakovenko SA, Seregina EA, Yutkin EV, Yelke H, Milik S, Candan ZN, Altin G, Unal S, Atayurt Z, Y. Kumtepe, Chung JT, Son WY, Zhang X, Tan SL, Ao A, Seli E, Botros L, Henson M, Roos P, Judge K, Sakkas D, group MSGMS, Feliciano M, Monahan D, Ermolovich E, Rosenwaks Z, Palermo GD, Mantikou E, van Echten-Arends J, Sikkema-Raddatz B, van der Veen F, Repping S, Mastenbroek S, Botros L, Seli E, Henson M, Roos P, Judge K, Sakkas D, Group MBS, Wells V, Thum MY, Abdalla HI, Machiya R, Akimoto S, Nobuyoshi T, Yoshii N, Hosaka T, Odawara Y, Heindryckx B, Vanden Meerschaut F, Lierman S, Qian C, O'Leary T, Gerris J, De Sutter P, Assou S, Haouzi D, Pellestor F, Monzo C, Dechaud H, De Vos J, Hamamah S, Conaghan J, Fischer E, Popwell J, Ryan I, Chenette P, Givens C, Schriock E, Herbert C, Ermolovich E, Monahan D, Neri QV, Rosenwaks Z, Palermo GD, Verheyen G, Camus M, Van de Velde H, Haentjens P, Devroey P, Mugica A, Esbert M, Molina JM, Garrido N, Pellicer A, Ballesteros A, Calderon G, Rossi ALS, Rocha AM, Alegretti JR, Hassun PA, Gomes LP, Criscuollo T, Serafini P, Motta ELA, Munoz M, Meseguer M, Cruz M, Perez-Cano I, Pellicer A, Gadea B, Martinez M, Fortuno S, Gundersen J, Garrido N, Cruz M, Garrido N, Perez-Cano I, Munoz M, Pellicer A, Martinez M, Gadea B, Selles E, Betersen J, Meseguer M, Le Meaux E, Assou S, Haouzi D, Loup V, Dechaud H, De Vos J, Hamamah S, Ouandaogo G, Assou S, Haouzi D, Ferrieres A, Anahory T, De Vos J, Hamamah S, Monzo C, Assou S, Haouzi D, Pellestor F, Dechaud H, De Vos J, S. Hamamah, Gismano E, Borini A, Cino I, Calzi F, Rabellotti E, Papaleo E, Bianchi V, De Santis L, Sunkara SK, Siozos A, Bolton V, Khalaf Y, Braude P, El-Toukhy T, Cho YS, Ambruosi B, Totaro P, Dell'Aquila ME, Gioacchini G, Bizzaro D, Giorgini E, Ferraris P, Sabbatini S, Carnevali O, Knaggs P, Chau A, Khalil S, Trew G, Lavery S, Jovanovic VP, Gomez R, Sauer CM, Shawber CJ, Outtz HH, Wang X, Sauer MV, Kitajewski J, Zimmermann RC, Mahrous E, Clarke H, Virant-Klun I, Bacer-Kermavner L, Mivsek J, Tomazevic T, Pozlep B, Zorn B, Vrtacnik-Bokal E, Dundure I, Bazarova J, Fodina V, Brikune J, Lakutins J, Jee B, Jo J, Lee J, Suh C, Kim S, Moon S, Shufaro Y, Lebovich M, Aizenman E, Simon A, Laufer N, A. Saada Reisch, Ribeiro MA, Pinto A, Gomes F, Silva Carvalho JL, Almeida H, Massaro FC, Petersen CG, Mauri AL, Silva LFI, Nicoletti APM, Cavagna M, Pontes A, Baruffi RLR, Oliveira JBA, Franco JG, Valcarcel A, Viglierchio MI, Tiveron M, Guidobono M, Inza R, Vilela M, Vilela M, Valcarcel A, Viglierchio MI, Kenny A, Lombardi C, Marconi G. Posters * Embryology (Embryo Selection). Hum Reprod 2010. [DOI: 10.1093/humrep/de.25.s1.140] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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Folli F, Guzzi V, Perego L, Coletta DK, Finzi G, Placidi C, La Rosa S, Capella C, Socci C, Lauro D, Tripathy D, Jenkinson C, Paroni R, Orsenigo E, Cighetti G, Gregorini L, Staudacher C, Secchi A, Bachi A, Brownlee M, Fiorina P. Proteomics reveals novel oxidative and glycolytic mechanisms in type 1 diabetic patients' skin which are normalized by kidney-pancreas transplantation. PLoS One 2010; 5:e9923. [PMID: 20360867 PMCID: PMC2848014 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0009923] [Citation(s) in RCA: 51] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/27/2010] [Accepted: 02/19/2010] [Indexed: 12/13/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND In type 1 diabetes (T1D) vascular complications such as accelerated atherosclerosis and diffused macro-/microangiopathy are linked to chronic hyperglycemia with a mechanism that is not yet well understood. End-stage renal disease (ESRD) worsens most diabetic complications, particularly, the risk of morbidity and mortality from cardiovascular disease is increased several fold. METHODS AND FINDINGS We evaluated protein regulation and expression in skin biopsies obtained from T1D patients with and without ESRD, to identify pathways of persistent cellular changes linked to diabetic vascular disease. We therefore examined pathways that may be normalized by restoration of normoglycemia with kidney-pancreas (KP) transplantation. Using proteomic and ultrastructural approaches, multiple alterations in the expression of proteins involved in oxidative stress (catalase, superoxide dismutase 1, Hsp27, Hsp60, ATP synthase delta chain, and flavin reductase), aerobic and anaerobic glycolysis (ACBP, pyruvate kinase muscle isozyme, and phosphoglycerate kinase 1), and intracellular signaling (stratifin-14-3-3, S100-calcyclin, cathepsin, and PPI rotamase) as well as endothelial vascular abnormalities were identified in T1D and T1D+ESRD patients. These abnormalities were reversed after KP transplant. Increased plasma levels of malondialdehyde were observed in T1D and T1D+ESRD patients, confirming increased oxidative stress which was normalized after KP transplant. CONCLUSIONS Our data suggests persistent cellular changes of anti-oxidative machinery and of aerobic/anaerobic glycolysis are present in T1D and T1D+ESRD patients, and these abnormalities may play a key role in the pathogenesis of hyperglycemia-related vascular complications. Restoration of normoglycemia and removal of uremia with KP transplant can correct these abnormalities. Some of these identified pathways may become potential therapeutic targets for a new generation of drugs.
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- Franco Folli
- Diabetes Division, Department of Medicine, University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
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Davalli AM, Perego L, Bertuzzi F, Finzi G, La Rosa S, Blau A, Placidi C, Nano R, Gregorini L, Perego C, Capella C, Folli F. Disproportionate hyperproinsulinemia, beta-cell restricted prohormone convertase 2 deficiency, and cell cycle inhibitors expression by human islets transplanted into athymic nude mice: insights into nonimmune-mediated mechanisms of delayed islet graft failure. Cell Transplant 2009; 17:1323-36. [PMID: 19364070 DOI: 10.3727/096368908787648137] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/24/2022] Open
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To learn more about nonimmune-mediated islet graft failure, we transplanted different preparations (preps) of isolated human islets under the kidney capsule of streptozotocin (STZ)-diabetic nude mice. One month after the implantation of 1,000 or 2,000 islets, grafts were harvested for morphological, immunohistochemical, and ultrastructural analysis. Only a single islet prep cured the diabetes out of all the recipients, while the remaining preps showed only partial function after the implantation of 2,000 islets. Transplanted mice showed high circulating proinsulin levels but, with the exclusion of those bearing curative grafts, relatively low mature insulin levels. Engrafted beta-cells showed positive carboxypeptidase E (CPE) and prohormone convertase 1 (PC1) staining, while prohormone convertase 2 (PC2) was undetectable. In contrast, PC2 was abundantly expressed by engrafted alpha-cells. Moreover, engrafted beta-cells did not show evidence of replication, and preapoptotic beta-cells, with intra- and extracellular amyloid deposition, were detected with electron microscopy. Cell cycle inhibitors p16(INK4), p21(WAF1), and p27(Kip1) were abundantly expressed in the islet grafts and showed a predominant nuclear localization. In conclusion, diabetic nude mice transplanted with human islets showed disproportionate hyperproinsulinemia and graft evidence of beta-cell restricted PC2 depletion, amyloid deposition and beta-cell death, and lack of beta-cell replication with nuclear translocation of p27(Kip1) and p21(WAF1) that together may contribute to delayed graft failure.
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- Alberto M Davalli
- Department of Medicine, Unit of Endocrinology and Metabolic Diseases, San Raffaele Hospital, Milan, Italy.
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Meo A, Cassinerio E, Castelli R, Bignamini D, Perego L, Cappellini MD. Effect of hydroxyurea on extramedullary haematopoiesis in thalassaemia intermedia: case reports and literature review. Int J Lab Hematol 2009; 30:425-31. [PMID: 19046318 DOI: 10.1111/j.1751-553x.2007.00965.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/01/2022]
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Extramedullary haematopoiesis (EH) is the production of blood cell precursors outside the bone marrow that occurs in various disorders, such as thalassaemia, sickle cell anaemia, hereditary spherocytosis, polycythaemia vera, myelofibrosis and other haematological diseases. In chronic anaemia, it is a physiological response to increased erythropoietin. In some other conditions, such as myeloid metaplasia, polycythaemia vera or chronic myeloid leukaemia, EH is due to a clonal disorder of haematopoiesis that enables progenitor cells to escape from the marrow and lodge in other organs. EH usually involves the liver, spleen and lymph nodes or it can be paravertebral, intrathoracic, pelvic. It is often asymptomatic but can sometimes lead to symptomatic tumour-like masses. Treatment options are still controversial and limited, including hypertransfusion regimen, surgical treatment, radiotherapy and hydroxyurea (HU). We describe intrathoracic and symptomatic pelvic EH masses in a 48-year-old woman and intrathoracic bilateral masses causing respiratory insufficiency with pleural effusion in a 42-year-old male, both affected by thalassaemia intermedia. Both patients showed a clinical improvement with hydroxyurea therapy and occasional blood transfusions.
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- Department of Paediatrics, Policlinico G. Martino, University of Messina, Messina, Italy
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Lecchi L, Perego L, Garcea F, Ratti I, Brasca M, Dotti D, Cimoni S, Pezzali I, Celeste T, Giovanelli S, Butti B, De Fazio N, Lopa R, Rebulla P. Ten-year quality control of a semiautomated procedure of cord blood unit volume reduction. Transfusion 2008; 49:563-9. [PMID: 19040412 DOI: 10.1111/j.1537-2995.2008.02013.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/01/2022]
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BACKGROUND Volume reduction of cord blood units decreases the cost of cryogenic storage. This study reports the analysis of a 10-year quality control program of a semiautomated cord blood volume reduction procedure. STUDY DESIGN AND METHODS Cord blood was collected in a plastic bag containing 29 mL citrate-phosphate-dextrose, centrifuged at 2124 x g for 12 minutes, and processed with a semiautomated device. The procedure was aimed at removing most red blood cells and plasma and concentrating hematopoietic progenitors in the buffy coat (BC), thus reducing the unit volume and saving cryogenic space. Finally, the BC was cryopreserved with an equal volume of 20 percent dimethyl sulfoxide. Total nucleated cells (TNCs) were counted before and after processing in the 4311 units banked from 1998 through 2007, whereas CD34+ cells and colony-forming units-granulocyte-macrophage (CFU-GM) were counted in 420 random units from 2001 through 2007. RESULTS Mean postvolume reduction annual recoveries of TNCs, CD34+ cells, and CFU-GM ranged from 82.8 +/- 12.3 (standard deviation) to 91.4 +/- 6.4 percent, from 87.8 +/- 14.1 to 95.2 +/- 23.8 percent, and from 101.5 +/- 51.4 to 117.8 +/- 59.5 percent, respectively. Very strong correlations were found (r > 0.87) between postprocessing versus preprocessing TNCs, CD34+ cells, and CFU-GM; a moderate correlation between initial TNC count and unit's volume (r = 0.51); and no correlation between TNC percentage of recovery in the BC and initial unit's volume. The latter data indicate that most TNCs concentrate in the BC. CONCLUSIONS The semiautomated procedure of cord blood unit volume reduction used in this study provides high and stable cellular recoveries during several years of routine cord blood banking.
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- Lucilla Lecchi
- Center of Transfusion Medicine, Cellular Therapy and Cryobiology, IRCCS Fondazione Ospedale Policlinico, Mangiagalli e Regina Elena, Milan, Italy.
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Muscogiuri G, Chavez AO, Gastaldelli A, Perego L, Tripathy D, Saad MJ, Velloso L, Folli F. The crosstalk between insulin and renin-angiotensin-aldosterone signaling systems and its effect on glucose metabolism and diabetes prevention. Curr Vasc Pharmacol 2008; 6:301-12. [PMID: 18855718 DOI: 10.2174/157016108785909715] [Citation(s) in RCA: 65] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Essential hypertension is an insulin resistant state. Early insulin signaling steps are impaired in essential hypertension and a large body of data suggests that there is a crosstalk at multiple levels between the signal transduction pathways that mediate insulin and angiotensin II actions. At the extracellular level the angiotensin converting enzyme (ACE) regulates the synthesis of angiotensin II and bradykinin that is a powerful vasodilator. At early intracellular level angiotensin II acts on JAK-2/IRS1-IRS2/PI3-kinase, JNK and ERK to phosphorylate serine residues of key elements of insulin signaling pathway therefore inhibiting signaling by the insulin receptor. On another level angiotensin II inhibits the insulin signaling inducing the regulatory protein SOCS 3. Angiotensin II acting through the AT1 receptor can inhibit insulin-induced nitric oxide (NO) production by activating ERK 1/2 and JNK and enhances the activity of NADPH oxidase that leads to an increased reactive oxygen species generation. From the clinical standpoint, the inhibition of the renin angiotensin system improves insulin sensitivity and decreases the incidence of Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus (T2DM). This might represent an alternative approach to prevent type 2 diabetes in patients with hypertension and metabolic syndrome, (i.e. insulin resistant patients). This review will discuss: a) the molecular mechanisms of the crosstalk between the insulin and angiotensin II signaling systems b) the results of clinical studies employing drugs targeting the renin-angiotensin II-aldosterone systems and their role in glucose metabolism and diabetes prevention.
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- Giovanna Muscogiuri
- Department of Medicine, Diabetes Division, University of Texas Health Science Center, San Antonio, TX, USA.
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Gastaldelli A, Perego L, Paganelli M, Sesti G, Hribal M, Chavez AO, DeFronzo RA, Pontiroli A, Folli F. Elevated Concentrations of Liver Enzymes and Ferritin Identify a New Phenotype of Insulin Resistance: Effect of Weight Loss After Gastric Banding. Obes Surg 2008; 19:80-6. [DOI: 10.1007/s11695-008-9690-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/17/2008] [Accepted: 09/02/2008] [Indexed: 12/31/2022]
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Castoldi G, di Gioia C, Perego L, Bombardi C, Mancini M, Travaglini C, Zerbini G, Stella A. Chronic AC-SDKP Administration Reduces Cardiac and Renal Perivascular Fibrosis in Diabetic Rats. High Blood Press Cardiovasc Prev 2007. [DOI: 10.2165/00151642-200714030-00077] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/02/2022] Open
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Insulin and angiotensin II are hormones that play pivotal roles in the control of two vital and closely related systems, the metabolic and the circulatory systems, respectively. A failure in the proper action of each of these hormones results, to a variable degree, in the development of two highly prevalent and commonly overlapping diseases-diabetes mellitus and hypertension. In recent years, a series of studies has revealed a tight connection between the signal transduction pathways that mediate insulin and angiotensin II actions in target tissues. This molecular cross-talk occurs at multiple levels and plays an important role in phenomena that range from the action of anti-hypertensive drugs to cardiac hypertrophy and energy acquisition by the heart. At the extracellular level, the angiotensin-converting enzyme controls angiotensin II synthesis but also interferes with insulin signaling through the proper regulation of angiotensin II and through the accumulation of bradykinin. At an early intracellular level, angiotensin II, acting through JAK-2/IRS-1/PI3-kinase, JNK and ERK, may induce the serine phosphorylation and inhibition of key elements of the insulin-signaling pathway. Finally, by inducing the expression of the regulatory protein SOCS-3, angiotensin II may impose a late control on the insulin signal. This review will focus on the main advances obtained in this field and will discuss the implications of this molecular cross-talk in the common clinical association between diabetes mellitus and hypertension.
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- Licio A Velloso
- Department of Internal Medicine, State University of Campinas, SP, Brazil.
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Luvoni GC, Chigioni S, Perego L, Lodde V, Modina S, Luciano AM. Effect of gonadotropins during in vitro maturation of feline oocytes on oocyte-cumulus cells functional coupling and intracellular concentration of glutathione. Anim Reprod Sci 2006; 96:66-78. [PMID: 16386859 DOI: 10.1016/j.anireprosci.2005.11.009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/13/2005] [Revised: 10/04/2005] [Accepted: 11/23/2005] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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Information about the mechanisms of meiotic arrest and resumption of meiosis in feline oocytes is still limited. The aim of this study was to investigate the effect of the presence of gonadotropins during IVM, on meiotic progression in relation to the status of gap junction mediated communications between oocyte and cumulus cells, to the cAMP intracellular content, and to the intra-oocyte concentration of glutathione (GSH) in feline oocytes. Our results indicated that about 50% of cumulus-oocyte complexes (COCs) showed functionally open communications at the time of collection, while the remainder were partially or totally closed. After 3h of culture, the percentage of COCs with functional gap junctions was significantly greater in the group matured in the presence of gonadotropins than in those matured without them, where an interruption of communications was observed. Moreover, this precocious uncoupling was associated with a moderate increase of cAMP concentration in the oocyte, lower than in the group exposed to gonadotropins. Intra-oocyte glutathione levels decreased significantly after 24h of IVM, whether gonadotropins were present or absent during the culturing process. The presence of thiol compounds in the IVM medium induced an intra-oocyte GSH concentration significantly higher than that found in oocytes cultured without these compounds, and similar to the GSH content of immature oocytes. Moreover, the intracellular GSH concentration increased as meiosis progressed. The present study suggests that in feline oocytes, gonadotropins affect the dynamic changes in communications between oocyte and cumulus cells during IVM. However, the intracellular concentration of GSH is not influenced by the gonadotropin stimulation. Moreover, the presence of gonadotropins and thiol compounds results in an increase of GSH levels along with meiotic progression of the oocytes.
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- Gaia C Luvoni
- Department of Veterinary Clinical Sciences, Obstetrics and Gynaecology, University of Milan, Italy.
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Pontiroli AE, Folli F, Paganelli M, Micheletto G, Pizzocri P, Vedani P, Luisi F, Perego L, Morabito A, Bressani Doldi S. Laparoscopic gastric banding prevents type 2 diabetes and arterial hypertension and induces their remission in morbid obesity: a 4-year case-controlled study. Diabetes Care 2005; 28:2703-9. [PMID: 16249543 DOI: 10.2337/diacare.28.11.2703] [Citation(s) in RCA: 110] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/03/2023]
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OBJECTIVE Lifestyle modifications and pharmacological interventions can prevent type 2 diabetes in obese subjects with impaired glucose tolerance. The aim of this study was to compare laparoscopic adjustable gastric banding (LAGB) and conventional diet (No-LAGB) in the prevention (primary intervention study; 56 vs. 29 patients) and remission (secondary intervention study; 17 vs. 20 patients) of type 2 diabetes and hypertension in grade 3 obesity in a 4-year study. RESEARCH DESIGN AND METHODS The subjects (n = 122; age 48.5 +/- 1.05 years; BMI 45.7 +/- 0.67 kg/m2) underwent a diagnostic workup, including psychological and psychiatric assessments, in preparation for the LAGB procedure. Of the 122 subjects, 73 had the surgery (LAGB group). The control group (No-LAGB group) consisted of the 49 subjects who refused the surgery but agreed to be followed up; 6 of these subjects dropped out by the 2nd year of the study, so that the final number of patients was 73 and 43 in the LAGB and No-LAGB groups, respectively. All patients had a yearly visit and oral glucose tolerance test. RESULTS From baseline to the end of the 4-year follow-up, BMI decreased from 45.9 +/- 0.89 at baseline to 37.7 +/- 0.71 kg/m2 in the LAGB group and remained steady in the No-LAGB group (from 45.2 +/- 1.04 to 46.5 +/- 1.37 kg/m2), with no significant differences between the primary and secondary intervention groups. In the primary intervention study, five of the No-LAGB subjects (17.2%) and none of the LAGB subjects (0.0%; P = 0.0001) progressed to type 2 diabetes; in the secondary intervention study, type 2 diabetes remitted in one No-LAGB patient (4.0%) and seven LAGB patients (45.0%; P = 0.0052). Hypertension occurred in 11 No-LAGB patients (25.6%) and 1 LAGB patient (1.4%; P = 0.0001) and remitted in 1 No-LAGB (2.3%) and 15 LAGB patients (20.5%; P = 0.0001). A study of body mass composition revealed a significant reduction of fat mass and a transitory, but not significant, decrease of fat-free mass in LAGB patients. CONCLUSIONS In morbid obesity, sustained and long-lasting weight loss obtained through LAGB prevents the occurrence of type 2 diabetes and hypertension and decreases the prevalence of these disorders.
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- Antonio E Pontiroli
- Dipartimento di Medicina, Chirurgia e Odontoiatria, Università Degli Studi di Milano, Cattedra di Medicina Interna, Ospedale San Paolo, via a di Rudini, 8, 20142 Milano, Italy.
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Grancini A, Maraschini A, Malighetti V, Ranzi M, Simoneschi B, Perego L. DIARREA DA C. DIFFICILE: REVISIONE CRITICA DI UN PROTOCOLLO DIAGNOSTICO. Microbiol Med 2005. [DOI: 10.4081/mm.2005.3624] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/23/2022] Open
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Fiorina P, Folli F, Ferrero E, Orsenigo E, Finzi G, Mazzolari G, Placidi C, Perego L, La Rosa S, Melandri M, Monti L, Capella C, D'Angelo A, Staudacher C, Secchi A. Morphological and functional differences in haemostatic axis between kidney transplanted and end-stage renal disease patients. Transpl Int 2005; 18:1036-47. [PMID: 16101724 DOI: 10.1111/j.1432-2277.2005.00173.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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End-stage renal disease (ESRD) is characterized by several atherothrombotic abnormalities, and kidney transplant seems to improve most of them. However, because it is not clear which mechanism is responsible for such improvement, our purpose was to clarify that point.We conducted a cross sectional study involving 30 ESRD patients, 30 ESRD kidney-transplanted patients (Ktx) and 30 healthy controls (C) to evaluate platelet morphology and function, atherothrombotic profile, endothelial abnormalities and cytokine levels involved in the insulin resistance/endothelial dysfunction. (i) Platelet morphology: The ESRD group showed platelet size similar to the other two groups (ESRD=3518x10(3)+/-549x10(3) nm2, C=3075x10(3)+/-197x10(3) nm2, Ktx=2862x10(3)+/-205x10(3) nm2) with similar platelet granules and number. (ii) Platelet surface glycoprotein: The CD41 and P-Selectin were similar between groups. (iii) Platelet intracellular calcium: Resting intracellular calcium was statistically higher in ESRD compared to the C group (ESRD=182.1+/-34.5, Ktx=126.7+/-14.1, C=72.0+/-11.0 nM, P<0.01). (iv) Hypercoagulability markers and natural anticoagulants: The Ktx and ESRD groups showed higher levels of hypercoagulability markers compared to the C group. A reduction in antithrombin activity was evident in ESRD compared to the Ktx group (P=0.03). (v) Endothelial morphology: The ESRD group showed a thickened vessel basal membrane compared to the Ktx and C groups with more endothelial sufference. (vi) Insulin resistance and pro-inflammatory cytokine profile: The ESRD showed a higher homeostasis model assessment provided equations for estimating insulin resistance (HOMA-IR) compared to the Ktx and C groups (ESRD=2.6+/-0.3, Ktx=1.8+/-0.2, C=1.1+/-0.1, P=0.005) and increased soluble tumor neurosis factor alpha (sTNFalpha) (P<0.05) and soluble vascular cell adhesion molecule (sVCAM) levels (P<0.01). Positive correlations were evident among HOMA-IR and sTNFalpha (P<0.001) and sVCAM (P=0.01), respectively. In a small subgroup of ESRD who underwent Ktx (five pts), our findings were confirmed at 1 year of follow-up, suggesting an improvement of almost haemostatic abnormalities. Kidney transplant is associated with a better atherothrombotic profile in ESRD, platelet intracellular calcium and cytokines seem to be most influenced by the transplant, while most morphological abnormalities are retained.
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- Paolo Fiorina
- Department of Internal Medicine, San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan, Italy
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Sesti G, Perego L, Cardellini M, Andreozzi F, Ricasoli C, Vedani P, Guzzi V, Marchi M, Paganelli M, Ferla G, Pontiroli AE, Hribal ML, Folli F. Impact of common polymorphisms in candidate genes for insulin resistance and obesity on weight loss of morbidly obese subjects after laparoscopic adjustable gastric banding and hypocaloric diet. J Clin Endocrinol Metab 2005; 90:5064-9. [PMID: 15985484 DOI: 10.1210/jc.2005-0404] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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CONTEXT It is unknown whether genetic factors that play an important role in body weight homeostasis influence the response to laparoscopic adjustable gastric banding (LAGB). OBJECTIVE We investigated the impact of common polymorphisms in four candidate genes for insulin resistance on weight loss after LAGB. DESIGN The design was a 6-month follow-up study. SETTING The study setting was hospitalized care. PATIENTS A total of 167 unrelated morbidly obese subjects were recruited according to the following criteria: age, 18-66 yr inclusive; and body mass index greater than 40 kg/m2 or greater than 35.0 kg/m2 in the presence of comorbidities. INTERVENTION LAGB was used as an intervention. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURE Measure of correlation between weight loss and common polymorphisms in candidate genes for insulin resistance and obesity was the main outcome measure. RESULTS The following single nucleotide polymorphisms were detected by digestion of PCR products with appropriate restriction enzymes: Gly972Arg of the insulin receptor substrate-1 gene, Pro12Ala of the proliferator-activated receptor-gamma gene, C-174G in the promoter of IL-6 gene, and G-866A in the promoter of uncoupling protein 2 gene. Baseline characteristics including body mass index did not differ between the genotypes. At the 6-month follow-up after LAGB, carriers of G-174G IL-6 genotype had lost more weight than G-174C or C-174C genotype (P = 0.037), and carriers of A-866A uncoupling protein 2 genotype had lost more weight as compared with G-866G (P = 0.018) and G-866A (P = 0.035) genotype, respectively. Weight loss was lower in carriers of Gly972Arg insulin receptor substrate-1 genotype than Gly972Gly carriers, but not statistically significant (P = 0.06). No difference between carriers of Pro12Ala and Pro12Pro proliferator-activated receptor-gamma genotype was observed. CONCLUSIONS These data demonstrate that genetic factors, which play an important role in the regulation of body weight, may account for differences in the therapeutic response to LAGB.
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- Giorgio Sesti
- Dipartimento Medicina Sperimentale e Clinica, Università Magna-Graecia di Catanzaro, Via Campanella, 115, 88100 Catanzaro, Italy.
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Cardellini M, Perego L, D'Adamo M, Marini MA, Procopio C, Hribal ML, Andreozzi F, Frontoni S, Giacomelli M, Paganelli M, Pontiroli AE, Lauro R, Folli F, Sesti G. C-174G polymorphism in the promoter of the interleukin-6 gene is associated with insulin resistance. Diabetes Care 2005; 28:2007-12. [PMID: 16043746 DOI: 10.2337/diacare.28.8.2007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 59] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/03/2023]
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OBJECTIVE The C-174G promoter polymorphism of the interleukin (IL)-6 gene was found to influence transcriptional activity and plasma IL-6 levels in humans. We addressed the question of whether the C-174G IL-6 polymorphism contributes to variation of insulin sensitivity. RESEARCH DESIGN AND METHODS Two cohorts of subjects were genotyped. Cohort 1 includes 275 nondiabetic subjects who underwent a euglycemic-hyperinsulinemic clamp. Cohort 2 includes 77 patients with morbid obesity who underwent laparoscopic adjustable gastric banding (LAGB). RESULTS The genotypes were consistent with Hardy-Weinberg equilibrium proportions. In cohort 1, insulin sensitivity was reduced in carriers of the -174G/G genotype as compared with subjects carrying the C allele (P = 0.004). Carriers of -174G/G displayed significantly higher plasma IL-6 levels in comparison with carriers of the C allele. In a stepwise linear regression analysis, the C-174G polymorphism was independently associated with insulin sensitivity; however, after inclusion of plasma IL-6 concentrations, the polymorphism was excluded from the model explaining insulin sensitivity variability, thus suggesting that the polymorphism was affecting insulin sensitivity by regulating IL-6 plasma levels. IL-6 mRNA levels were measured by real-time RT-PCR in subcutaneous fat obtained from obese patients of cohort 2 during LAGB. Carriers of -174G/G showed increased IL-6 expression compared with subjects carrying the C allele (P = 0.04). There was a significant correlation between adipose IL-6 mRNA expression and insulin resistance assessed by homeostasis model assessment (rho = 0.28, P = 0.014). CONCLUSIONS These results indicate that the -174G/G genotype of the IL-6 gene may contribute to variations in insulin sensitivity.
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Perego L, Pizzocri P, Corradi D, Maisano F, Paganelli M, Fiorina P, Barbieri M, Morabito A, Paolisso G, Folli F, Pontiroli AE. Circulating leptin correlates with left ventricular mass in morbid (grade III) obesity before and after weight loss induced by bariatric surgery: a potential role for leptin in mediating human left ventricular hypertrophy. J Clin Endocrinol Metab 2005; 90:4087-93. [PMID: 15855267 DOI: 10.1210/jc.2004-1963] [Citation(s) in RCA: 94] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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CONTEXT Obesity is frequently associated with left ventricular hypertrophy, even when uncomplicated by hypertension or diabetes mellitus. Left ventricular hypertrophy is an important risk factor for congestive heart failure. OBJECTIVE The objective of this study was to evaluate the relationship between leptin and left ventricular mass in uncomplicated, morbid (grade 3) obesity and the existence of leptin receptors and intracellular signaling proteins in the human heart. DESIGN Left ventricular mass (LVM) was calculated through electrocardiogram reading in normotensive grade III obese patients (World Health Organization classification) undergoing bariatric surgery [laparoscopic adjustable gastric banding (LAGB)] at baseline and 1 yr later. The control group was composed of healthy lean normotensive subjects. Leptin receptors were detected by PCR and immunocytochemistry in human heart biopsies. SETTING This study was performed at university hospitals. PATIENTS Thirty-one grade 3 obese patients and 30 healthy nonobese normotensive, age- and sex-matched control subjects were studied. INTERVENTION Obese subjects underwent LAGB to induce weight loss and were evaluated at baseline and after 1 yr. RESULTS LVM, plasma leptin, glucose, insulin levels, and homeostasis model assessment index were higher in obese than in lean controls (P < 0.01); at univariate regression analysis, LVM correlated with body mass index, leptin, and homeostasis model assessment index; at multiple regression analysis, LVM only correlated with leptin levels (P = 0.001). Obese subjects were reevaluated 1 yr after LAGB, when their body mass index changed from 46.2 +/- 1.24 to 36.6 +/- 1.05 kg/m(2) (P < 0.01); the decrease in LVM correlated only with the decrease in leptin levels (P < 0.01). We demonstrated that long and short isoforms of the leptin receptor and intracellular proteins mediating leptin signaling were expressed in human heart by RT-PCR, immunocytochemistry, or both methods. CONCLUSIONS These data suggest that leptin could contribute to the left ventricular hypertrophy in humans.
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- Lucia Perego
- Divisione di Medicina Interna, Istituto Scientifico San Raffaele, Via Olgettina 60, 20132 Milan, Italy
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D'Adamo M, Perego L, Cardellini M, Marini MA, Frontoni S, Andreozzi F, Sciacqua A, Lauro D, Sbraccia P, Federici M, Paganelli M, Pontiroli AE, Lauro R, Perticone F, Folli F, Sesti G. The -866A/A genotype in the promoter of the human uncoupling protein 2 gene is associated with insulin resistance and increased risk of type 2 diabetes. Diabetes 2004; 53:1905-10. [PMID: 15220218 DOI: 10.2337/diabetes.53.7.1905] [Citation(s) in RCA: 78] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022]
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Uncoupling protein (UCP)-2 is a member of the mitochondrial inner membrane carriers that uncouple pro-ton entry in the mitochondrial matrix from ATP synthesis. The -866G/A polymorphism in the UCP2 gene, which enhances its transcriptional activity, was associated with enhanced risk for type 2 diabetes in obese subjects. We addressed the question of whether the -866G/A polymorphism contributes to variation in insulin sensitivity by genotyping 181 nondiabetic offspring of type 2 diabetic patients. Insulin sensitivity, assessed by the hyperinsulinemic-euglycemic clamp, was reduced in -866A/A carriers compared with -866A/G or -866G/G carriers (P = 0.01). To directly investigate the correlation between UCP2 expression and insulin resistance, UCP2 mRNA levels were measured by real-time RT-PCR in subcutaneous fat obtained from 100 obese subjects who underwent laparoscopic adjustable gastric banding. UCP2 mRNA expression was significantly correlated with insulin resistance as assessed by the homeostasis model assessment index (r = 0.27, P = 0.007). We examined the association of the -866A/A genotype in a case-control study including 483 type 2 diabetic subjects and 565 control subjects. The -866A/A genotype was associated with diabetes in women (odds ratio 1.84, 95% CI 1.03-3.28; P = 0.037), but not in men. These results indicate that the -866A/A genotype of the UCP2 gene may contribute to diabetes susceptibility by affecting insulin sensitivity.
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- Monica D'Adamo
- Laboratory of Molecular Medicine, University of Rome, Rome, Italy
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Grancini A, Ranzi M, Lenza A, Maraschini A, Perego L, Ghio L, Farina C. NOCARDIOSI POLMONARE E CEREBRALE IN GIOVANE TRAPIANTATO DI RENE. Microbiol Med 2004. [DOI: 10.4081/mm.2004.3950] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/23/2022] Open
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Hribal ML, Perego L, Lovari S, Andreozzi F, Menghini R, Perego C, Finzi G, Usellini L, Placidi C, Capella C, Guzzi V, Lauro D, Bertuzzi F, Davalli A, Pozza G, Pontiroli A, Federici M, Lauro R, Brunetti A, Folli F, Sesti G. Chronic hyperglycemia impairs insulin secretion by affecting insulin receptor expression, splicing, and signaling in RIN beta cell line and human islets of Langerhans. FASEB J 2003; 17:1340-2. [PMID: 12738810 DOI: 10.1096/fj.02-0685fje] [Citation(s) in RCA: 51] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/10/2023]
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Recent evidence suggests that insulin signaling through the insulin receptor A type (Ex11-), regulates insulin gene transcription. Because chronic hyperglycemia negatively affects insulin receptor function and regulates alternative splicing of the insulin receptor, we inquired whether chronic exposure of pancreatic beta-cells to high glucose results in alterations in insulin signaling due to changes in insulin receptor expression and relative abundance of its spliced isoforms. Our results demonstrate that the insulin receptor is localized in insulin secretory vescicles in human pancreatic beta-cells. Furthermore, we find that alterations in insulin expression and secretion caused by chronic exposure to high glucose are paralleled by decreased insulin receptor expression and increased relative abundance of the Ex11+ isoform in both human islets and RIN beta-cells. PDX-1 and HMGI(Y) transcription factors are down-regulated by high glucose. These changes are associated with defects in insulin signaling involving insulin receptor-associated PI 3-kinase/Akt/PHAS-I pathway in RIN beta-cells. Re-expression in RIN beta-cells chronically exposed to high glucose of the Ex11-, but not the Ex11+, isoform restored insulin mRNA expression. These data suggest that changes in early steps of insulin receptor signaling may play a role in determining beta-cell dysfunction caused by chronic hyperglycemia.
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- Marta L Hribal
- Laboratory of Molecular Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Rome-Tor Vergata, Rome, Italy
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Malighetti V, Grancini A, Ranzi M, Maraschini A, Perego L, Penati V, Caspani M. BATTERIEMIA PERSISTENTE DA M. CHELONAE IN UN PAZIENTE SOTTOPOSTO A TRAPIANTO DI POLMONE. Microbiol Med 2003. [DOI: 10.4081/mm.2003.4295] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/23/2022] Open
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Ranzi M, Grancini A, Malighetti V, Perego L, Musitelli M, Lenza A, Colucciello M. SORVEGLIANZA DELLA COLONIZZAZIONE DA L.PNEUMOPHILA DELL’IMPIANTO IDRICO DELL’OSPEDALE MAGGIORE DI MILANO. Microbiol Med 2003. [DOI: 10.4081/mm.2003.4409] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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Folli F, Perego L, Ponzoni M, Girardi A, Bosi E, Ferreri A, Bellone M, Sabbadini M, Marchisio P, Vicari A, Trusolino L. Autoantibodies against a 72-kDa ductal cell membrane glycoprotein in a patient affected by Sjögren's syndrome and gastric MALT lymphoma. Ann Hematol 2003. [DOI: 10.1007/s00277-003-0616-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Folli F, Perego L, Ponzoni M, Girardi AM, Bosi E, Ferreri AJM, Bellone M, Sabbadini MG, Vicari AM, Trusolino L. Autoantibodies against a 72-kDa ductal cell membrane glycoprotein in a patient affected by Sjögren's syndrome and gastric MALT lymphoma. Ann Hematol 2002; 81:597-602. [PMID: 12424543 DOI: 10.1007/s00277-002-0533-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/27/2002] [Accepted: 07/22/2002] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Sjögren's syndrome is a chronic autoimmune disease affecting exocrine glands, resulting in xerostomia and xerophthalmia. Lymphocytic infiltration and fibrosis of exocrine glands as well as the presence of autoantibodies against organ-specific and non-organ-specific antigens are the hallmarks of the disease. We investigated whether some patients affected by Sjögren's syndrome might have autoantibodies directed against epithelial duct cell membrane proteins. We screened sera from patients affected by Sjögren's syndrome by indirect immunofluorescence on monkey salivary gland sections and FG-Met-2 cells (a pancreatic carcinoma cell line with ductal features) for the presence of antisalivary duct antibodies. Positive sera were employed in immunoprecipitation experiments on (35)S-methionine in vivo labeled and surface-biotinylated FG-Met-2 cells. The serum of a patient affected by Sjögren's syndrome and gastric mucosa-associated lymphoid tissue (MALT) lymphoma gave positive and distinct membrane immunostaining on FG-Met-2 cells. Immunoprecipitation with the patient's serum from (35)S-methionine-labeled cell extracts followed by sodium dodecyl sulfate (SDS) polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis (PAGE) and autoradiography showed the presence of autoantibodies against a 72-kDa protein. After biotin-surface labeling of FG-Met-2 cells, a band with identical electrophoretic mobility was immunoprecipitated by the serum, demonstrating that the 72-kDa band is a membrane glycoprotein. We demonstrated by three complementary approaches, i.e., immunocytochemistry, (35)S-methionine in vivo labeling, and cell surface biotinylation, the presence of autoantibodies directed against a duct cell membrane protein of 72-kDa in a patient affected by Sjögren's syndrome and gastric MALT lymphoma. Autoantibodies directed against this novel membrane autoantigen may be an additional serological marker in some cases of Sjögren's syndrome.
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- F Folli
- Department of Medicine I, I.R.C.C.S. H.S. Raffaele, Via Olgettina, 60, 20132 Milan, Italy.
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Perego L, Previtali SC, Nemni R, Longhi R, Carandente O, Saibene A, Sciolla R, Villa A, Gai P, Panzeri C, Dell'Antonio G, Quattrini A, Folli F. Autoantibodies to amphiphysin I and amphiphysin II in a patient with sensory-motor neuropathy. Eur Neurol 2002; 47:196-200. [PMID: 12037431 DOI: 10.1159/000057898] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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A proportion of patients with peripheral neuropathies has circulating autoantibodies directed against neural antigens. In some cases, autoantibodies may play a pathogenic role. We studied a patient with a progressive sensory-motor axonal neuropathy of unknown etiology, looking for circulating autoantibodies against neural antigens and we showed that the patient's serum contained anti-amphiphysin I (AMP I) and amphiphysin II (AMP II) autoantibodies. A sural nerve biopsy revealed an axonal neuropathy. Indirect immunofluorescence experiments with the patient's serum showed a staining of rat axons due to alpha-AMP I autoantibodies and a specific labelling of cytoplasm and Schmidt-Lanterman incisures of Schwann cells due to alpha-AMP II autoantibodies. In conclusion we identified a patient affected by a sensory-motor neuropathy with autoantibodies against both AMP I and AMP II.
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- L Perego
- Unit for Metabolic Diseases, IRCCS H.S. Raffaele, Milan, Italy
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Chiellini C, Bertacca A, Novelli SE, Görgün CZ, Ciccarone A, Giordano A, Xu H, Soukas A, Costa M, Gandini D, Dimitri R, Bottone P, Cecchetti P, Pardini E, Perego L, Navalesi R, Folli F, Benzi L, Cinti S, Friedman JM, Hotamisligil GS, Maffei M. Obesity modulates the expression of haptoglobin in the white adipose tissue via TNFalpha. J Cell Physiol 2002; 190:251-8. [PMID: 11807829 DOI: 10.1002/jcp.10061] [Citation(s) in RCA: 63] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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Increase in adipose mass results in obesity and modulation of several factors in white adipose tissue (WAT). Two important examples are tumor necrosis factor alpha (TNFalpha) and leptin, both of which are upregulated in adipose tissue in obesity. In order to isolate genes differentially expressed in the WAT of genetically obese db/db mice compared to their lean littermates, we performed RNA fingerprinting and identified haptoglobin (Hp), which is significantly upregulated in the obese animals. Hp is a glycoprotein induced by a number of cytokines, LPS (Lipopolysaccharide), and more generally by inflammation. A significant upregulation of WAT Hp expression was also evident in several experimental obese models including the yellow agouti (/) A(y), ob/ob and goldthioglucose-treated mice (10-, 8-, and 7-fold, respectively). To identify the potential signals for an increase in Hp expression in obesity, we examined leptin and TNFalpha in vivo. Wild type animals treated with recombinant leptin did not show any alteration in WAT Hp expression compared to controls that were food restricted to the level of intake of the treated animals. On the other hand, Hp expression was induced in mice transgenically expressing TNFalpha in adipose tissue. Finally, a significant downregulation of WAT Hp mRNA was observed in ob/ob mice deficient in TNFalpha function, when compared to the ob/ob controls. These results demonstrate that haptoglobin expression in WAT is increased in obesity in rodents and TNFalpha is an important signal for this regulation.
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- Chiara Chiellini
- Department of Endocrinology and Metabolism, University of Pisa, Pisa, Italy
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Panceri ML, Castaldi S, Ranzi ML, Perego L, Musitelli M, Privitera G. [Evaluation of the accuracy of hospital discharge records for the surveillance of bacteremia]. Ann Ig 2001; 13:531-7. [PMID: 11852541] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/23/2023]
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- M L Panceri
- Ospedale, S. Leopoldo Mandic, Merate, Azienda Ospedaliera di Lecco
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Federici M, Hribal M, Perego L, Ranalli M, Caradonna Z, Perego C, Usellini L, Nano R, Bonini P, Bertuzzi F, Marlier LN, Davalli AM, Carandente O, Pontiroli AE, Melino G, Marchetti P, Lauro R, Sesti G, Folli F. High glucose causes apoptosis in cultured human pancreatic islets of Langerhans: a potential role for regulation of specific Bcl family genes toward an apoptotic cell death program. Diabetes 2001; 50:1290-301. [PMID: 11375329 DOI: 10.2337/diabetes.50.6.1290] [Citation(s) in RCA: 242] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/08/2023]
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Type 2 diabetes is characterized by insulin resistance and inadequate insulin secretion. In the advanced stages of the disease, beta-cell dysfunction worsens and insulin therapy may be necessary to achieve satisfactory metabolic control. Studies in autopsies found decreased beta-cell mass in pancreas of people with type 2 diabetes. Apoptosis, a constitutive program of cell death modulated by the Bcl family genes, has been implicated in loss of beta-cells in animal models of type 2 diabetes. In this study, we compared the effect of 5 days' culture in high glucose concentration (16.7 mmol/l) versus normal glucose levels (5.5 mmol/l) or hyperosmolar control (mannitol 11 mmol/l plus glucose 5 mmol/l) on the survival of human pancreatic islets. Apoptosis, analyzed by flow cytometry and electron and immunofluorescence microscopy, was increased in islets cultured in high glucose (HG5) as compared with normal glucose (NG5) or hyperosmolar control (NG5+MAN5). We also analyzed by reverse transcriptase-polymerase chain reaction and Western blotting the expression of the Bcl family genes in human islets cultured in normal glucose or high glucose. The antiapoptotic gene Bcl-2 was unaffected by glucose change, whereas Bcl-xl was reduced upon treatment with HG5. On the other hand, proapoptotic genes Bad, Bid, and Bik were overexpressed in the islets maintained in HG5. To define the pancreatic localization of Bcl proteins, we performed confocal immunofluorescence analysis on human pancreas. Bad and Bid were specifically expressed in beta-cells, and Bid was also expressed, although at low levels, in the exocrine pancreas. Bik and Bcl-xl were expressed in other endocrine islet cells as well as in the exocrine pancreas. These data suggest that in human islets, high glucose may modulate the balance of proapoptotic and antiapoptotic Bcl proteins toward apoptosis, thus favoring beta-cell death.
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- M Federici
- Laboratory of Molecular Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Rome Tor Vergata, 00133 Rome, Italy.
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Alvaro D, Alpini G, Onori P, Perego L, Svegliata Baroni G, Franchitto A, Baiocchi L, Glaser SS, Le Sage G, Folli F, Gaudio E. Estrogens stimulate proliferation of intrahepatic biliary epithelium in rats. Gastroenterology 2000; 119:1681-91. [PMID: 11113090 DOI: 10.1053/gast.2000.20184] [Citation(s) in RCA: 138] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/31/2022]
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BACKGROUND & AIMS We investigated the expression of estrogen receptor (ER) alpha and beta subtypes in cholangiocytes of normal and bile duct-ligated (BDL) rats and evaluated the role and mechanisms of estrogens in the modulation of cholangiocyte proliferation. METHODS ER-alpha and ER-beta were analyzed by immunohistochemistry, reverse-transcription polymerase chain reaction, and Western blotting in normal and BDL rats. The effects of the ER antagonists tamoxifen and ICI 182,780 on cholangiocyte proliferation were evaluated. RESULTS Cholangiocytes expressed both ER-alpha and ER-beta subtypes, whereas hepatocytes expressed only ER-alpha. In association with a marked cholangiocyte proliferation and with enhanced estradiol serum levels, the immunoreactivity for ER-alpha involved a 3-fold higher percentage of cholangiocytes in 3-week BDL than in normal rats; immunoreactivity for ER-beta showed a 30-fold increase. Western blot analysis showed that during BDL, the total amount of ER-beta in cholangiocytes was markedly increased (5-fold), whereas that of ER-alpha decreased slightly (-25%). Treatment with tamoxifen or ICI 182,780 of 3-week BDL rats inhibited cholangiocyte proliferation and induced overexpression of Fas antigen and apoptosis in cholangiocytes. In vitro, 17 beta estradiol stimulated proliferation of cholangiocyte, an effect blocked to the same extent by tamoxifen or ICI 182,780. CONCLUSIONS This study suggests that estrogens and their receptors play a role in the modulation of cholangiocyte proliferation.
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- D Alvaro
- Division of Gastroenterology, Department of Clinical Medicine, University La Sapienza, Rome, Italy
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Davalli AM, Galbiati F, Bertuzzi F, Polastri L, Pontiroli AE, Perego L, Freschi M, Pozza G, Folli F, Meoni C. Insulin-secreting pituitary GH3 cells: a potential beta-cell surrogate for diabetes cell therapy. Cell Transplant 2000; 9:841-51. [PMID: 11202570 DOI: 10.1177/096368970000900610] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022] Open
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In a companion article, we describe the engineering and characterization of pituitary GH3 cell clones stably transfected with a furin-cleavable human insulin cDNA (InsGH3 cells). This article describes the performance of InsGH3 (clones 1 and 7) cell grafts into streptozotocin (STZ)-induced diabetic nude mice. Subcutaneous implantation of 2 x 10(6) InsGH3 cells resulted in the progressive reversal of hyperglycemia and diabetic symptoms, even though the progressive growth of the transplanted cells (clone 7) eventually led to glycemic levels below the normal mouse range. Proinsulin transgene expression was maintained in harvested InsGH3 grafts that, conversely, lose the expression of the prolactin (PRL) gene. Elevated concentrations of circulating mature human insulin were detected in graft recipients, demonstrating that proinsulin processing by InsGH3 cells did occur in vivo. Histologic analysis showed that transplanted InsGH3 grew in forms of encapsulated tumors composed of cells with small cytoplasms weakly stained for the presence of insulin. Conversely, intense insulin immunoreactivity was detected in graft-draining venules. Compared to pancreatic betaTC3 cells, InsGH3 cells showed in vitro a higher rate of replication, an elevate resistance to apoptosis induced by serum deprivation and proinflammatory cytokines, and significantly higher antiapoptotic Bcl-2 protein levels. Moreover, InsGH3 cells were resistant to the streptozotocin toxicity that, in contrast, reduced betaTC3 cell viability to 50-60% of controls. In conclusion, proinsulin gene expression and mature insulin secretion persisted in transplanted InsGH3 cells that reversed hyperglycemia in vivo. InsGH3 cells might represent a potential beta-cell surrogate because they are more resistant than pancreatic beta cells to different apoptotic insults and might therefore be particularly suitable for encapsulation.
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- A M Davalli
- Cattedra di Clinica Medica, Università Vita-Salute, H San Raffaele, Milan, Italy.
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Alvaro D, Benedetti A, Marucci L, Delle Monache M, Monterubbianesi R, Di Cosimo E, Perego L, Macarri G, Glaser S, Le Sage G, Alpini G. The function of alkaline phosphatase in the liver: regulation of intrahepatic biliary epithelium secretory activities in the rat. Hepatology 2000; 32:174-84. [PMID: 10915721 DOI: 10.1053/jhep.2000.9078] [Citation(s) in RCA: 56] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/12/2023]
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We studied the effects of alkaline phosphatase (AP) on the secretory processes of the rat intrahepatic biliary epithelium as well as the role of the intrahepatic biliary epithelium in the uptake and biliary secretion of exogenous AP. The effects of acute and chronic administration of AP on bile secretory parameters were investigated in vivo in normal and bile duct ligated (BDL) rats and in vitro in isolated rat bile duct units (IBDU). In vivo, acute AP administration decreased bile flow and biliary bicarbonate excretion and abolished secretin choleresis in BDL rats but not in normal rats. On the contrary, the AP inhibitor, levamisole, increased in BDL rat bile flow and biliary bicarbonate excretion. In vitro, basal and secretin-stimulated Cl(-)/HCO(3)(-) exchanger activity in IBDU was immediately inhibited by AP intraluminal microinjection (apical exposure) but only after a prolonged exposure to the basolateral pole. Levamisole increased the Cl(-)/HCO(3)(-) exchanger activity of IBDU. A significant basolateral uptake of AP occurs in IBDU with a progressive transport to the apical domain. AP chronic treatment increased AP and gamma-glutamyltranspeptidase (gamma-GT) activities in the intrahepatic bile ducts and hepatocyte canalicular pole, promoted enlargement of bile canaliculi, and decreased bile flow and biliary bicarbonate excretion. In conclusion, the intrahepatic biliary epithelium plays a role in the uptake and biliary secretion of serum AP. AP inhibits the secretory processes of the intrahepatic biliary epithelium and induces features of intrahepatic cholestasis after chronic administration. These findings indicate that AP plays an active role in down-regulating the secretory activities of the intrahepatic biliary epithelium.
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- D Alvaro
- Division of Gastroenterology, Department of Clinical Medicine, University of Rome, "La Sapienza," Rome, Italy.
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Svegliati-Baroni G, Ridolfi F, Di Sario A, Casini A, Marucci L, Gaggiotti G, Orlandoni P, Macarri G, Perego L, Benedetti A, Folli F. Insulin and insulin-like growth factor-1 stimulate proliferation and type I collagen accumulation by human hepatic stellate cells: differential effects on signal transduction pathways. Hepatology 1999; 29:1743-51. [PMID: 10347117 DOI: 10.1002/hep.510290632] [Citation(s) in RCA: 241] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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Insulin and insulin-like growth factor (IGF-1) are mitogenic for fibroblasts and smooth muscle cells. IGF-1 increases in inflamed and fibrotic tissues and induces proliferation of rat hepatic stellate cells (HSC). This study evaluates the potential roles of these hormones in the development of liver fibrosis. Insulin and IGF-1 receptor expression was evaluated by immunohistochemistry in both cultured human HSC and human liver tissue. Phosphorylation of both 70-kd S6 kinase and extracellular-regulated kinase (ERK), cell proliferation, type I collagen gene expression, and accumulation in HSC culture media were evaluated by Western blot, immunohistochemistry for bromodeoxyuridine (BrdU), Northern blot, and enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay, respectively. Insulin and IGF-1 receptors were detected in HSC in vitro and in liver sections from patients with chronic active hepatitis. Insulin and IGF-1 induced 70-kd S6 kinase phosphorylation in HSC, whereas IGF-1 only induced ERK phosphorylation. Insulin and IGF-1 stimulated HSC proliferation in a dose-dependent fashion, with IGF-1 being four to five times more potent than insulin. Cell exposure to specific inhibitors showed that both phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase (PI3-K) and ERK are involved in IGF-1-induced mitogenesis, whereas insulin stimulated mitogenesis through a PI3-K-dependent ERK-independent pathway. IGF-1 increased type I collagen gene expression and accumulation in HSC culture media through a PI3-K- and ERK-dependent mechanism. In conclusion, insulin and IGF-1, which stimulate HSC mitogenesis and collagen synthesis, may act in concert to promote liver fibrosis in vivo by a differential activation of PI3-K- and ERK1-dependent pathways.
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Berruti G, Perego L, Martegani E. Molecular cloning and developmental pattern of expression of MSJ-1, a new male germ cell-specific DNAJ homologue. Adv Exp Med Biol 1999; 444:145-50; discussion 151. [PMID: 10026944 DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4899-0089-0_17] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/10/2023]
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A cDNA encoding a new member of the DnaJ protein family has been isolated by screening a mouse testicular expression library. The predicted protein, named MSJ-1, is 242 amino acid residues-long, containing the fingerprinting J domain in the NH2 terminus. A wide tissutal Northern blot analysis reveals that MSJ-1 is expressed only in the testis, while in situ hybridization analyses demonstrate that the mRNA is first transcribed in spermatids. The antiserum developed against a MSJ-1/GST fusion protein recognizes a protein of 30 kDa in germ cell protein extracts.
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- G Berruti
- Department of Biology, University of Milan, Italy
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A cDNA encoding for a new member of the DnaJ protein family has been isolated by screening a mouse spermatogenic cell expression library. The full-length cDNA obtained by extension of the original clone with RT-PCR has been characterized with respect to its DNA sequence organization and expression. The predicted open reading frame encodes a protein of 242 amino acid residues whose sequence is similar to that of bacterial DnaJ proteins in the amino-terminal portion since it contains the highly conserved J domain which is present in all DnaJ-like proteins and is considered to have a critical role in DnaJ protein-protein interactions. In contrast, the middle and carboxyl-terminal regions of the protein are not similar to any other DnaJ proteins, with the exception of the human neuronal HSJ-1 with which displays a 48% identity in a 175-amino-acid overlap. Analysis of RNAs from a wide spectrum of mouse somatic tissues, including the brain, and from ovary and testis reveals that the gene is specifically expressed in testis only. Developmental Northern blot analysis of testis RNA from mice of different ages and in situ hybridization on juvenile and adult testis sections demonstrate that the mRNA is first transcribed in spermatids. A similar pattern of expression is exhibited also in rat testis. Based upon all these observations, we have named this novel mouse gene, MSJ-1, for mouse sperm cell-specific DNAJ first homolog.
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- G Berruti
- Department of Biology, University of Milan, Italy.
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Perego L, Berruti G. Molecular cloning and tissue-specific expression of the mouse homologue of the rat brain 14-3-3 theta protein: characterization of its cellular and developmental pattern of expression in the male germ line. Mol Reprod Dev 1997; 47:370-9. [PMID: 9211421 DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1098-2795(199708)47:4<370::aid-mrd3>3.0.co;2-h] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/04/2023]
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The highly conserved 14-3-3 family of proteins, originally reported as brain-specific and then found in various somatic cells and oocytes, interacts with several important signal transduction kinases so that actually the 14-3-3 protein are considered as modulators of multiple signal transduction pathways. Here we show that a 14-3-3 protein is also expressed in the male germ cells, thus extending the protein cellular distribution to a cell line never reported to express 14-3-3 proteins. Screening of a mouse spermatogenic cells lambda gt11 cDNA library with affinity-purified polyclonal antibodies to the tyrosine kinase SP42 allowed the isolation of several positive clones. Sequencing of a positive cDNA clone revealed a 735-nucleotide open reading frame encoding a protein of 245 amino acids (27,778 Da). The predicted protein was found to be identical to the most recently discovered 14-3-3 isoform, the theta subtype from a rat brain. Here we demonstrate that 14-3-3 theta mRNA is highly expressed in testis and brain only. Western immunoblot analyses confirm the Northern blot data. Developmental Northern and Western blot analyses are consistent with an expression and translation of the 14-3-3 theta gene throughout spermatogenesis. However, analysis of RNA from purified populations of spermatogenic cells at different developmental stages and immunohistochemistry on adult testis sections reveal that within the testis the 14-3-3 theta gene products are most abundant in meiotic prophase spermatocytes, and, above all, in differentiating spermatids. Both testicular and epididymal spermatozoa are negative. The present study is the first report on the presence and molecular characterization of the 14-3-3 theta gene product in the male germ line. Our observations suggest that this specific member of the 14-3-3 protein family could play distinct modulatory roles in the complex development of the mammalian male germ cell lineage.
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- L Perego
- Department of Biology, University of Milan, Italy
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Bossi L, Berto M, Perego L, Pagano A. [Intestinal parasitosis in internationally adopted children]. Ann Ig 1997; 9:237-40. [PMID: 9312248] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/05/2023]
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- L Bossi
- Lab. di Analisi Chimico-Cliniche e Microbiologiche, Ospedale Maggiore IRCCS, Milano
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Moretti M, Villarini M, Scassellati-Sforzolini G, Monarca S, Libraro M, Fatigoni C, Donato F, Leonardis C, Perego L. Biological monitoring of genotoxic hazard in workers of the rubber industry. Environ Health Perspect 1996; 104 Suppl 3:543-545. [PMID: 8781380 PMCID: PMC1469638 DOI: 10.1289/ehp.96104s3543] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/22/2023]
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Biological monitoring of genotoxic hazard in the rubber industry was performed in 19 male workers and 20 age-matched controls in a local health unit in northern Italy. Peripheral blood lymphocytes were analyzed for the presence of DNA damage (single-cell microgel-electrophoresis, or comet assay) and for cytogenetic parameters (sister chromatid exchanges and micronuclei frequency, and proliferative rate index). The following bioassays were performed in urine samples: a) mutagenicity test and concentration of thioethers as markers of exposure, and b) excretion of D-glucaric acid and 6-beta-hydroxycortisol (related to 17-hydroxycorticosteroid excretion) as indicators of the inductive status of the microsomal enzyme system (phase-I). The exposed subjects showed statistically higher mean values of 17-hydroxycorticosteroids and micronuclei and lower values of 6-beta-hydroxycortisol than controls, when taking cigarette smoking into account. The comet assay showed higher values for migration distance in exposed subjects than controls, although the differences were not significant at a p-value of 0.05. These findings suggest that industrial exposure in the rubber processing industry may cause genetic damage and may modify the activity level of some enzymes; these results should be considered with caution due to the small number of subjects enrolled.
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- M Moretti
- Department of Hygiene, University of Perugia, Italy
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The chorion is the acellular envelope surrounding mature eggs of teleostean fish. The macromolecular composition of the zebrafish (Danio rerio) egg chorion, organised as a three-layered structure, has been analysed. SDS-PAGE analysis, under reducing conditions, of isolated and purified chorions revealed a reproducible pattern of four major polypeptides (116, 97, 50 and 43 kDa) and several minor bands. Lectin binding assays showed that both the 116 kDa and 50 kDa proteins were recognised by concanavalin agglutinin (Con A), Galanthus nivalis agglutinin (GNA), Sambucus nigra bark agglutinin (SNA) and Ricinus communis agglutinin (RCA 120), suggesting that these polypeptides are N-linked glycoproteins. By contrast, neither the 97 kDa nor the 43 kDa polypeptides were stained by these lectins, indicating that these polypeptides are not glycosylated. Amino acid analysis also showed significant differences in the average content of some amino acids, for example serine and proline, when compared with previous reports.
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Berruti G, Borgonovo B, Perego L. Intracellular immunolocalization of mouse and rat sp42 and the developmental pattern of protein expression in male germ cells. Int J Dev Biol 1996; Suppl 1:231S-232S. [PMID: 9087775] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/04/2023]
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- G Berruti
- Dipartimento di Biologia, Università di Milano, Italia
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Menghetti E, Fossali E, Perego L, Virdis R. A study on hypertension in schoolchildren. Riv Eur Sci Med Farmacol 1993; 15:57-60. [PMID: 8159839] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/29/2023]
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This form wants to be an instrument to carry out rapidly and correctly the hypertension's screening in school-children. The school-physician, or anybody else who takes care of school-child, will find these outlines easy to follow. Nevertheless a strict methodology has to be used. The family history for hypertension, obesity, hypercholesterolemia, diabetes mellitus and cardiovascular diseases is also considered, as well as heart rate, somatic growth and physical activity. Subjects with elevated blood pressure levels should be sent to a second level Center for appropriate investigations and follow-up.
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- E Menghetti
- 2nd Chair of Child-Welfare, University of Rome La Sapienza
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Giussani GA, Giovenzana N, Perego L, Rovati MT, Montoli C. [Primary volvulus of the omentum: a report of 4 cases]. G Chir 1991; 12:49-50. [PMID: 1867975] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/29/2022]
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The authors report their experience in the diagnosis and treatment of primary torsion of the omentum. They emphasize the clinical findings of the cases observed for a better understanding of this uncommon abdominal pathology.
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- G A Giussani
- Divisione Chirurgia Generale, Ospedale di Carate Brianza, MI
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The neuroendocrine function is regulated by several neurotransmitters (acetylcholine, dopamine, somatostatin and noradrenaline) known to be reduced in brains of patients with Alzheimer's disease (AD). Moreover, the hypothalamus also has pathological changes. In spite of these findings suggesting neuroendocrine dysfunctions, this function has seldom been investigated in AD patients so far. We have compared patients with clinically 'probable' AD of mild-to-moderate severity with nondemented age- and sex-matched controls. Plasma levels of prolactin (PRL), growth hormone (GH) and thyroid-stimulating hormone (TSH) were measured by commercially available radioimmunoassays (RIA) before and after stimulation with metoclopramide, l-dopa or thyrotropin-releasing hormone. Basal plasma levels of beta-endorphin and beta-lipotropin were measured by RIA after high-performances liquid chromatography. Basal and stimulated plasma levels of PRL, GH, TSH and beta-lipotropin were similar in the two groups. Basal lamina levels of beta-endorphin were significantly higher in the patient group. Of doubtful clinical importance, this might be attributed to decreased tuberoinfundibular dopaminergic activity and has also been seen in patients with Parkinson's disease.
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- M Franceschi
- Department of Neurology, Scientific Institute S. Raffaele, Milan, Italy
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A deficit of nigrostriatal, mesocortical and mesolimbic dopamine systems in Parkinson's disease is well known. We know less about the involvement of tuberoinfundibular dopamine (TID) systems. In untreated (naive or wash-out) men with Parkinson's disease, we studied TID function through basal and stimulated plasma levels of growth hormone, prolactin and thyrotropin. Only minor abnormalities in prolactin responses to thyrotropin-releasing hormone were found, probably reflecting denervation hypersensitivity. TID function is preserved in men with Parkinson's disease.
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- M Franceschi
- Neurology Department, Istituto Scientifico S. Raffaele, University of Milan, Italy
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Franceschi M, Perego L, Cavagnini F, Cattaneo AG, Invitti C, Caviezel F, Strambi LF, Smirne S. Effects of long-term antiepileptic therapy on the hypothalamic-pituitary axis in man. Epilepsia 1984; 25:46-52. [PMID: 6319114 DOI: 10.1111/j.1528-1157.1984.tb04154.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 63] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/19/2023]
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Effects of long-term antiepileptic therapy on the hypothalamic-pituitary axis were evaluated from the basal and stimulated plasma levels of growth hormone (GH) and prolactin (PRL) and from circadian adrenocorticotropic hormone (ACTH)/cortisol rhythms. Data for patients with well-controlled epilepsy of mild-to-moderate severity were compared with those for normal healthy volunteers. Analysis of the effects of each antiepileptic drug (AED) and of combined AEDs revealed minor abnormalities of stimulated GH secretion in all treated patients. In epileptic men, all individual AEDs (except valproate) and AED polytherapy increased both basal and stimulated plasma levels of PRL. In epileptic women, this effect was more variable and less marked, probably because of early depletion of PRL reserves. Each AED and combined AEDs did not significantly change circadian ACTH/cortisol rhythms in epileptic patients. The effects observed seem not to be related to epilepsy per se. Clinical implications, pathways, and neurotransmitters involved and possible mechanisms of the neuroendocrine effects of long-term AED therapy are discussed.
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Camerlingo M, Franceschi M, Cicoira U, Aillon C, Gambaro P, D'Alessandro G, Bottacchi E, Perego L, Mamoli A. [Neuroendocrine and neurovegetative evaluation of alcoholic patients: initial experiences]. Riv Neurobiol 1983; 29:280-90. [PMID: 6678015] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/21/2023]
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Pontello M, Costa E, Perego L. [Distribution of lysotypes of S. typhi in Lombardy from 1 January 1980 to 30 April 1981 and comparison with data in the literature]. G Batteriol Virol Immunol 1982; 75:151-67. [PMID: 7187346] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/23/2023]
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Phage-typing of S. typhi is considered a valid tool for epidemiological studies on typhoid fever, and has therefore been used for many years at the Reference Center for Phatogenic Enteric Bacteria of Northern Italy. Results obtained from Jan 1 1980 through April 30 1981 are reported and a temporal (with what was obtained at the Center in the past) and geographical (with the results obtained by the Reference Centers for Central and Southern Italy) comparison are performed with the results obtained by this Center in the past and by other Centers both in this Country and abroad.
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